<p class="title">Namvar Singh, one of contemporary Hindi literature's greatest writers and critics, has died after prolonged illness, family sources said on Wednesday. He was 92.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh, who was not keeping well for a month and was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, breathed his last on Tuesday, his family said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The last rites will be performed at 3 pm on Wednesday at the Lodhi Road crematorium.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Condoling his death, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was a towering figure of Hindi literature and gave it new direction through his literary criticism.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Born on July 28, 1926 in Varanasi's village Jiyanpur (now in Chandauli), Singh completed his MA and PhD in Hindi literature from the Banaras Hindu University.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh shaped literary criticism in Hindi. His notable writings include "Chhayavaad", "Itihas Aur Alochana", "Kahaani Nayi Kahaani", "Kavita Ke Naye Pratimaan", "Dusri Parampara Ki Khoj".</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also worked as a professor in his alma mater BHU as well as Jodhpur university and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh served as the editor of two Hindi magazines, Janyug and Alochana. </p>
<p class="title">Namvar Singh, one of contemporary Hindi literature's greatest writers and critics, has died after prolonged illness, family sources said on Wednesday. He was 92.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh, who was not keeping well for a month and was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, breathed his last on Tuesday, his family said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The last rites will be performed at 3 pm on Wednesday at the Lodhi Road crematorium.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Condoling his death, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was a towering figure of Hindi literature and gave it new direction through his literary criticism.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Born on July 28, 1926 in Varanasi's village Jiyanpur (now in Chandauli), Singh completed his MA and PhD in Hindi literature from the Banaras Hindu University.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh shaped literary criticism in Hindi. His notable writings include "Chhayavaad", "Itihas Aur Alochana", "Kahaani Nayi Kahaani", "Kavita Ke Naye Pratimaan", "Dusri Parampara Ki Khoj".</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also worked as a professor in his alma mater BHU as well as Jodhpur university and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh served as the editor of two Hindi magazines, Janyug and Alochana. </p>